George brinton



(No Mode.)

G. BRINTON.

GAN.

No, 495,012. PatentedApr. 1l, 1893.

xlill lili UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE BRINTON, OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 495,012, dated April 11, 1893.

`.Application tiled October 29, 1891. Renewed March 14,1893. Serial No. 465,970. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, lGeenen BRINTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin and State l of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new andI useful Improvements in Cans, of which the following isa specification, reference beinghadthereintotheaccompanyingdrawings. My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in cans, the peculiari- ,tiesV of which will be hereinafter fully det scribed and more particularly pointed out in the claim.

In 'the accompanying drawings on which like reference letters `indicate corresponding parte; Figure `1, represents a vertical sec-` can, of the ordinary or Aany approved cony Itional View throughl an improved can of my construction; 'and Fig. 2, an outside view of the same showingthe label' in position thereon. The letter A designates the body of the struction, and the letter B the cover for the same, the' lower portion of the cover C fitting Within the body of the can as shown in Fig; l, the top side portion of the cover, C', being preferably of the same diameter as the por- .t tion C. Between the top and bottom of the cover is an annular, flat, bulged band D, constituting a shoulder (from the lower portion of the cover), and forming a surface Hush with the outside of the'can, and constituting a continuation thereof when adjusted in position. That` is to saye the dat swelled portion of the cover is of substantially, or exactly, the same diameter as the body of the it properly to the can, and requiring careV and experience to properly Wrap the labels thereon. Another point is that the cover is retained in position by the attachmentof the label to the said annular dat swelled portion D, thus obtaining the same advantage in securing the cover to the can as with ordinary covers, but Without the accompanying Waste of time and labor in adjusting the label to the different diameters of can and cover. It vwill be observed that the top edge-of the can `body isnot acted on to 'form a fillet as is sometimes done in other forms of cans, but- Thus any retains its plain straight surface.

extra labor is avoided. In the manufacture of articles of this kind every advantage of Y construction is desired, since in the manufacture of the article in` large numbers, an improvement inconstruction, as exemplified above, results in a large saving to the manu facturer and a corresponding advantage to the purchaser from tbe lessened cost at which provided with an inside stiening piece forming the joint. Also that a cover having the top disk double-seamed ,over the top of the side, and extending out beyond said side forming a larger diameter than the same, is old. I do not therefore claim these forms, but distinctly/disclaim them. What I claim,`how ever, is the annular fiat bulged portion projecting from the side of the cover, the said bulged portion constitutingthe larger diam-v eter, preferably, ot' the cover for said can.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

f As an improved article of manufacture the herein described sealed metal can for bakingpowder, spices, doc., the same consisting of the can proper, a cover of one integral piece and having an annular belt or portion bulged out- IOO wardly to extend over the upper end of the can and cover are united and connected to- 1o can and be Hush with the outside of the can, gether.

and the remaining lower portion preserved l In testimony whereof I affix mysignature in in its original diameter, such diameter admitpresence of two witnesses.r 5 ting it snugly within the can, and a wrapping l or label upon the outside of the can extend- GEORGE BRINTON ing upto and about said outwardly bulged Witnesses:

portion aud'seoured to the een and such por- JOHN LAW, f

tion by some adhesive material, whereby such A. BRACKENRIDGE. 

